On one of the last episodes of the sweet action series 24, you may or may not have noticed a little video game reference. About seven minutes in (real-time minutes) super agent Jack Bauer gives orders to two CTU agents by the name of, here it is, Kane and Lynch. You know, the dead men. I had to rewind a couple times to be sure I heard that right, but, yes, there it was, the writers behind one of the best action shows on TV must love video games. I’m waiting to see what little easter egg comes up next if any. Maybe we’ll get some terrorist by the name of Mario Mario, eh?

Here’s the clip.

Asian gadget and design superstore, Gizmine has one of the greatest alarm clocks ever invented. Made by Bandai, the Gun O’Clock is the perfect mixture of procrastination and fire arms. Snooze Kill Shot! Watch this video and love it!

This is the new and improved, if you can have both, CounterAgent.com. Welcome. I’m changing the focus from a narrow, single field, to a broad, shotgun, whatever I like, approach. Hope others like it as well. The new material of the site will include, but is not limited to, anything: cool, I like, scifi, interesting, comics, movies, music, games, tech, art, tv, internet, etc.

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here on CounterAgent, but I’ve been busy working on this web project called the SuperLame! Comic Balloon Engine. We’ve just launched it in a public Beta. So, let me take a few moments to explain what it is that’s taken up most of my time as of late.

What is SuperLame? Well, I’m glad you asked. You may have heard the saying, “a picture is worth a thousand words”. So, if a picture alone is worth that much, how much more can you say with a picture that actually has words too? I’m betting at least a few more than a thousand.

You may have noticed a number of word balloon pictures on this site, amoung others. Before the SuperLame word balloon image creator web app this was a time consuming process. Enter SuperLame and the Comic Balloon Engine. Basically, it’s a simple web tool that gives users the power to easily and quickly add word balloons, speech bubbles, thought bubbles, whatever you want to call them, to your pictures.

Best of all, the entire tool is free for anyone to use. However, if you would like to donate to the SuperLame cause, we wouldn’t turn you down, of course, and hey, it’s a tax right off, right?

The above picture is an example of what you can do at SuperLame. But, don’t take my word for it, check out the SuperLame Word Balloon Web Tool for yourself. Enjoy.

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We just recently posted about the Battlefield 2 beta that will be opening. After watching this video I definitely want to get in on it. Pretty good looking stuff going on in the trailer here’s hoping the gameplay is as good as the video.

The part where he uses his grenade launcher to open the side of the building and get a kill was sweet.

Check out the video after the break

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Bungie and Microsoft have announced that as of 2 a.m. this Tuesday, March 25th 2008, the previously released 800 M$ point Heroic Map Pack will now be free to download on Xbox Live Marketplace. If you own Halo 3 and haven’t already paid for these maps then you should definitely grab them. They’re free, ’nuff said. Bungie will also be releasing their new Legendary Map Pack soon for the same initial 800 M$ points. Look for that to be free sometime this fall.

More info on the Heroic map pack:

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Bungie’s official announcement

Story via Joystiq

When was the last time you enjoyed a Sonic the Hedgehog game? I honestly can’t remember. Well Sonic Unleashed might just change that. This debut trailer gives me some hope that I might enjoy a Sonic game once again. No release date yet but look for it on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Check out the video after the break and tell us what you think

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Harmonix confirmed today that Rock Band will be hitting the Wii on June 22nd. It will be going for $170. The kit includes the game, guitar, drums and mic. Also standalone instruments will also be available on June 22nd also so Wii owners will have that going for them. Unfortuanatly Harmonix has said that it will be closer to a PS2 port then one of the next gen platforms. But it will not use the Wii mote at all in the instruments so thats good.

Thanks Joystiq

Yikes!! The first pics of Snake Eyes from the upcoming G.I Joe movie are floating around. He looks pretty darn awesome I think. He also is pretty scary looking too. Snake Eyes is played by your favorite cut in half Sith, Ray Park. I’ve never seen Ray Park’s face without a mask or paint but I assume he has some kind of awful scar because the guy never gets to play a role with his face showing.

The movie is supposed to be coming in 2009 so we gotta a while to wait but I always loved G.I Joe so I’m excited about it, really excited after seeing these pics.

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Got Rainbow Six: Vegas 2? Already tired of all the multiplayer maps and ready for a new one? Yeah! Comcast has got you covered. Think of this as more of actual “game” advertising, not just “in-game” advertising. Comcast, you know, the cable company, has decided to offer a free Vegas 2 map entitled the “Comcast Event Map”, ta da! You don’t have to be a Comcast subscriber to get’ em either, you don’t even have to like Comcast (just don’t tell them).

Here’s what you gotta do. Load up the game, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2. Go to the “Extras” menu from the main screen. Select “Comcast Gift” from the options. Then, enter the code “Comcast Faster” (without the quotes) when prompted and enjoy the new multi-player map.

If you’re a PC gamer, you’ll have to wait. Sorry, no map for you just yet. However, you can keep checking back at this link. They say they’ll have the map for you guys soon.

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